Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-05-31

MEMORIAL DAY.
Tea s,enorsl Observance I'm tlris Ctty-The
soIoscrs' Graves Dscked Win Flow
ers-Grant's, Lognn's and LincOin'a
Tombs.
Yesterday was conclusive proof that
Memorial Day, which was instituted In
1868 BY General John A. Logan, ia
yearly more Of . holiday, and being
more generally observed In this city.
The public schools were closed, - wae
also oil the government o6dces OF thia
city. while work Was suspended st the
railroad shops and At Harlan & Hol.
lingsworth's oil day. and In most Of the
other industrial establishments In the
AFTERNOON. Hundreds Of people came
In town from. the country. and from the
surrounding towns, consequently Mar
ket street was . packed mass Of hu'
manity, especially In the afternoon.
Nearly oil the stores along that thor,
ouqh fare were closed from noon until q
o'clock, 90 were many stores In other
There was liberal display of flags
and bunting, and the rvoms Of the
Young Mems Democratic Club, at 7th
and Market streets, were Handsomely
decorated, the green hag Of Erin hoat'
ing IN unison with the Stars and stripes.
Long before the time announced for the
parade TO move, Market street, Ninth
street and Delaware avenue were lined
on both sides with men, women and
children, and 1t almost seemed that the
entire population OF this city had ata.
toned themself along the line % Z
guard OF honor, to the men who bad
dared to risk their lives In preserving
and handing down TO their children,
that Union which was given In their
keeping by their stree.
Tho procession formed ON Fourth
street east OF Market, and few min
utes after 2 o'clock moved In the follow
ing order:
Platoon of police, First Regiment
Band, First Battalion. First Regiment
d. N. g., In command OF Colonel 8. n
Wood; Orion Drum Corps, Smyth
Guards in command OF Captain JAcot
B. Slifer; 6myth. Post In charge oi
Commander Alexander Burleigh; delc
gations from Watson and Birney POST
Of New Castle, in charge of Comman
der Joeeph E. VAntine; Veteran Guard
OF Delaware, commanded by Captain
William OCounor, Grant Post.
The flowers donated by many friendl
Of the soldiers had been made up int(
tasteful designs by . corps Of ladies
wbo deft finNers were busy all tht
morning ut the City Hall. were after
wards arranged ON one Of Seals wagons
and hauled direct to the Wilmington
and Brandywine Cemetery and placed
op the veterans graves.
Many of the graves were decorated
by friends and relatives OF the deceased
and the graves In the soldiers lot II
the corner of the cemetery, at Delawar,
avenue and Adams street, were almos
covered with flags and flowers. Aftel
the usuAl ceremonies at tho graves ap(
the firing of sGlutes, the line WINS re
formed, and after passing over q shor
route dismissed.
The deleea eation from Andrews' Pos
lot Odessa, which came TO this city ir
the morning, after cond ucting the cere
monies at the grave Colonel Andrew
at the Old Swedes Cemetery, returned
home at noon, accompanied by Pos
Department Commander w. 8. McNAir
Upon reaching Odessa they were me
by the remainder Of the post, and nftel
short parade = meeting WAS held .
the town hall, which WAS presided ovel
by DR.. Hamilton. Commander McNail
was introduced, and delivered an ora
ton appropriate to the occasion In hil
usual eloquent manner.
Reynolds Post, No. 0, Of Stanton. dec
GRATED cemeteries In Newark, StantOr
and other places in Mill Greek and
White Clay Creek Hundreds.
Striker Post Of Newport decorated
the graves In Newport and at Red Ulay
Greek.
The day was observed In \ fitting
manner at every place in the United
States where there Ia post Of the g
A. R.. and In New York, Philadelpbis
and other large cities the display wal
grand and imposing.
AT GRANTS TOMB.
The tomb Was one mass of flowers. A
number OF the floral offerings were from
Europe.
U. 8. Grant Post, No. 8, Of Philadel
phia, sent beautiful scarlet wreath oil
flowers; the George @. Meade Post, No
/, OF the Quaker City, also sent q mag
nihcent star four feet wide, with blue
border, white bound. with violet In thu
words, 1.-THE Star of America"
Just before the procession came up tc
the tomb, Fred. Z. Grant, his wife and
two children, Mrs. Cramer, Mrs. Dent
and Ulysses d Grant, Jr., arrived. The
little ones ran to the bars that guard
the tomb, and with uncovered heads the
two stalwsrt Park officers lifted them
up to view the remains OF their grand.
father and the Latiou's hero. Colonel
Fred. remained behind, while the ladies
OF his escort sobbed and looked on.
Early In the day Mrs. Grant had stood
at the tomb, and enterisg, had placed
her personal token OF flowers upon the
steel casket within.
Twenty thousand persons were present
When the services began at $40 o'clock.
When all WAS ready band rendered the
funeral wall and triumph of Chopin after
which occurred the ritual of the Grand
Army.
THE TOMB OF LOGAN.
The services at the tomb OF General Lo.
gan In Rock Creek Cemetery were pic
turesque and interesting. The Logan
Guard OF Honor had charge of the services
and were assisted by suggestions from
Mrs. Logan. Such profnsion of floral
tributes as decorated the last resting
place OF the dead General has rarely been
seen: The Young Republicans of Phila-
'elnhia contributed large easel beas ting
cross, crown and swords.
Mrs. Logan, who had temporarily oc-
cupied the sentries' tent, was given q seat
on the lett of the tomb. DR.. j. P. New
man offered an affecting invocation,
which was followed by a poem, eulogistic
oi General Logan, delivered by Prof. Ed
ward Townsend. Six colored men step
ped forward, and taking their places in